“Sweden was a very good team and we didn’t play our best, and when you do that up against a top opponent, they’re going to punish you.
Rose Lavelle scored off a well-placed pass from Tobin Heath in the ninth minute to give the United States an early lead — and the team’s first goal of the Olympics.
“I think my approach going into this game — obviously it’s in the back of your head that you’re getting your 100th cap — but I didn’t want that to be a factor today, Horan said.
Christen Press, who came in as a second-half substitute, scored from the center of the box in the 80th off a feed from Red Stars’ own Julie Ertz, before Alex Morgan scored in the final minutes of regulation.
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The United States, the reigning World Cup champion, has been to every Olympics since women’s soccer joined the event in 1996.